Guam § 2105 - Environmental Clearinghouse for Federal Land

§ 2105. Environmental Clearinghouse for Federal Land

Transfers.

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The Office of Lieutenant Governor shall be designated the

Environmental Clearinghouse for all federal land transfers as

they relate specifically to Environmental review and restoration

concerns. All Environmental review for clean-up of federal land

transfers must have the initial review of the Bureau of Planning,

the Department of Land Management, the Guam Environmental

Protection Agency, the Department of Law and any affected

agency of the government of Guam as determined by the

Lieutenant Governor.

(a) The Bureau of Planning shall serve as the lead

agency under the direction of the Lieutenant Governor for

overall Environmental Clearinghouse transactions and shall

collect and distribute records, reports and other relevant

information essential for review and ensuring compliance

with federal and Government of Guam statutes and

regulations.

(b) The Department of Land Management shall

authenticate and evaluate land related documents and data.

(c) The Guam Environmental Protection Agency shall

evaluate environmental studies and other associated

documents and data and generally carry out its role as the

lead Government of Guam agency for environmental

matters. In particular, Environmental Baseline Surveys

conducted under federal CERCLA and CERFA shall be

thoroughly evaluated and appropriate recommendations

shall be formulated and submitted to the Lieutenant

Governor of Guam.

(d) The Department of Law shall review and advise on

the acceptability of land deed agreements with respect to

environmental clean-up actions as they apply to Guam laws

and federal laws.

(e) Agencies involved in the Environmental

Clearinghouse review shall conduct necessary inquiries, fact

finding investigations and evaluations as directed by the

Lieutenant Governor and submit findings and

recommendations to the Bureau of Planning.

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(f) The Bureau of Planning shall prepare the

Environmental Clearinghouse review summary report under

the title CLEARINGHOUSE RECORD OF REVIEW for

the signature of the Lieutenant Governor. This report shall

be filed with land records documentation at the Department

of Land Management.

(g) Additionally, the Guam Environmental Protection

Agency shall prepare for the Office of the Governor and the

Guam Legislature an annual assessment report due the

following March 31st of the reporting year. The purpose of

the report is to ensure proper follow-up and monitoring for

satisfactory progress on any and all outstanding

environmental restoration work or actions as mandated by

law and regulations regarding lands that have been

transferred from the federal government.

(h) The Environmental Clearinghouse shall ensure

proper and expeditious return of federally-held excess lands

and, furthermore, strive to ensure that all necessary and

essential environmental evaluation and restoration works

are effectively carried out.